# բեհեզ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian բեհեզ (behez).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /beˈhez/, [behéz]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /peˈhez/, [pʰehéz]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

բեհեզ • (behez)
* byssus, fine linen

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* բեհէզ (behēz)

### Etymology

Related to Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā), Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܐ (būṣā), Hebrew בּוּץ (būṣ), Akkadian 𒁍𒌋𒋗 (bu-u-ṣu /⁠būṣu⁠/), Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “byssus”), Arabic بَزّ (bazz), Ottoman Turkish بز (bez) and possibly Old Armenian վուշ (vuš). The immediate source of Armenian is unknown. Neither Greek, nor Aramaic explain բեհեզ (behez), which may come from earlier *բեեզ (*beez). But compare the Ottoman Turkish بوحاسی (bohası), under which variant Meninski presents the likewise unexplained Ottoman Turkish بوغاسی (boğası), denoting a well-known kind of fine cotton fabric.
Wrongly claimed by Olsen 2017 with reference to a 1907 article by Spiegelberg as of Egyptian origin, where an Egyptian wꜣḏ (“**linen”) is posited, which is actually ḏꜣw (“cloth, fabric”) read in the wrong direction, also ḏꜣjt.

### Noun

բեհեզ • (behez)
* byssus, fine linen

#### Derived terms

* բեհեզազանգուած (behezazanguac)
* բեհեզազգեաց (behezazgeacʻ)
* բեհեզազգեստ (behezazgest)
* բեհեզաստուն (behezastun)
* բեհեզատիպ (behezatip)
* բեհեզեայ (behezeay)
* բեհեզեղէն (behezełēn)
* սրբաբեհեզ (srbabehez)

#### Related terms

* պիսինոն (pisinon), (possibly) վուշ (vuš)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: բեհեզ (behez)
* → Old Georgian: ზეეზი (zeezi), ზეჰეზი (zehezi), ზელეზი (zelezi), ზეზი (zezi)

### References

* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 392
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բեհէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 437—438
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 947
* ↑ Koehler, Ludwig, Walter, Baumgartner (1994–2000) “בוץ”, in The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden: Brill
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “բեհէզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 124b
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017 July 26) “Armenian Textile Terminology”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 191
* ↑ Spiegelberg, Wilhelm (1907) “Ägyptische Lehnwörter in der älteren griechischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 41, page 129

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բեհեզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բեհեզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy